, 1887-08-18
Chr atrel;ln Ay0re.
THURSDAY, AUGUST is. 1ss7.


i-b4ASA -Ah'' - A..~.'..tlt 4 l.iy
your postal with words # heartfelt
sympathy {, IL, dear jarra1-E r..r.
ehts Of your much loved COUSIN. E-a
elda, whose bright lie has S.; 81 ..ru
ly been cut down iu -l. -riG-. a.
glowing earua-t.e--. Era -ytius up
on this sad aEI painful. event. i ara
impressed with the though; that I. T..
are few lives that really fulfil. their
own hopes and plans lu tins World.
There arc lives whose plans ar su
completely tuWgrtei that their stories
are most pathetic. alt yet. trr -zrr.--
the christian hope u: Et.-Ea --.-..,..
mother W" have hU, T.. wait Dc l-r,la
while 10 see how what seems failure
becomes rich Success.
The pathetic story Of itue..It Ul
VS. Carr Is au Illustratiua o. .
"broken life LISTENING go tae cries
OF the perlshlug. aud 81" ca! II duty.
she sailed away as missionary
teacher - the Iuho-p.tuhl" -hur.- Of
Unga, Alaska: bUt was permitted 10
labor there fpr "a brief t.- u..v-tp
labor for Christ among t.- ua.tl-u
her heart 50 yearuol o. help -ill,-
ing 50 soon INTO fi. -.'a.as ,t TIE
grave. Truly tar life aurc-l- H.rE
on one, defeated. e Failure Barely
one OK the glorious Lu.-s 90 her o..
secrstiOn was realized, y-t W, believe
that little gram uf wheat. lrt fal into
the ground and diving will Weld "A
blessed fru.tagc II may Yet be
found that Ethel dying. with al, her
hearts holy Hup." U.Isa'-gpl has
a r. { l
and distant north than -Er could ever
have wrought iu the longest life cf
the best service iu the field. There
were IN that noble l!s. a. we saw &C..
wOndr0us po-5.hltic- OF u-pfu.ue--.
fully fitted ~ DO great work. Blt all
these hope7 and expectations hay.
been buried IN the grave % the Young
missionary, and tLore is nothing left
but q precious memory. A.. her
splendid abilities huya been cruNti"l
out ia n few months iu Uuga. the.
broken down aud sick she diel. with
none but her berpayed husband Ia
sOothe or comfort her last moments
The dear brother lereayad. whose
hopes and expectation iay Ike dead
flowers at his feet, whose heart r.ui
% ing letter (beariug the adl-traz-iugtlt-
ings Of his beloved companions de-
ceasel we have read, h enabled h.
divine grace. 10 say: Father, Thy
will be DONE although Gods prDyi
dences have seemingly broken up his
life, crushed his hopes. and even
turned him away from his chosen path
OF usefulness and service. o, how
crushing the ordeal when poor Johu
went to stand in the agony OF his
great SORROW 10y the srave in which
his beloved Ethel was laid. The en-
closed letter (the last written by the
the dear departed one) viii. We feel,
be read with deep interest hy all
whose privilege 1t was to have made
her acquaintance, aud so We send 1t
for publication. -
UNGA, ALATKA, Feb. 2l, 1897.
REy. AND Mas. WEEKEs,-
friends As the days grow longer.
brighter and milder. We are reminded
that spring is drawing nigh. and al
though springtIme Is welcomed with
Joy the world over. il Is doubly so
here, for with spring come vessels
from San Francisco bringing letters
from friends and loved ones, from
whom we, the inhabitants of Western
Alaska. have been shut away from for
six months or more, and giving us
the pleasure OF sending letters t.
them; and you cannot imagine what
q genuine pleasure it IS until placed
in similar circumstances i Cuiv
lacks two days of being four months
since we landed here. land You might
imagine that with only one wL:te
person, and two or three natives that
can talk little English. and being
shut away from all news from. on
communication with the world. ex-
cepting once about siv weeks after vga
arrived here, when there was q sclCol
or from San Francisco, bringing some
gold prospectors, which enabled e. ta
send some letters that the time has
seemed tedious and lonely sar.l..
short, dark days and long uiga;=- iG,
indeed, We have found Il auyis5u.
but such, for j have not been lonely.
or had one sad hour on account Of
these circumstances; 1t has. n fact.
been the kappiost time OF all my life.
for / enjoy our home and work -
much We have met with SO muca gf
kindness and so little opposition un.l
most of the people seem 50 glad and
eager to learn, and show such ability
to acquire information. considering
that the majority could not speak q
word OF English, and knew absolutely
nothing of general information, not
even their age, or their right haad
from their left. The children sa5w
marked skill in the use of the ucn aid
pencil and can copy almost anything
they see, with case and rapidity, =es-
sral who had never written u word
and did not seem to know any thing
of the use of a pen can write beauti-
full, smooth hands now, Just from
copying the script lessons in their
readers But better than all, the ev-
idence of the good our Worl. $ dUiu.
here, is the assurances that we ar
where God wants US to be, for while
there is so much in the lives and
characters of the majority OF adults
of intemperanee and all the attendant
vices, and when you remember that
there IS no law here, no public opin-
ion, educated consciences, and no
homo rights that are regarded with
any saeredness, you may imagine
what some of the evils we have to
meet with are, and there Is not one
uplifting influence at work here. The
white men, who are hunting around
here, are of the class that usually are
first on the frontiers and have done
no good to the morals of the natives.
The Greek church is worst than no
thing, for it lulls the sous of the peo-
pie to rest by mass and confessional;
while in their lives they show any
thing but the spirit OF Chris, and all
AZ is universal of priest ridden peo-
pie, 80 bigoted that to give them any
thing purer or better seems almost
imrossible; so you see, that locking
at it from a human stand point, We
have enough to discourage Us, but
nevertheless we are not in the least
discouraged for we have lot results
to deal with, but the opportunities
and responsibilities of the momcuts:
Il Z